PB marketing..?

[Eddy Van Esch]

HI all,

I'm new to PB.
(I have ordered PB/DLL 6.0 for Win but haven't received it yet..)
I was wondering: Why is PB (by Powerbasic INC itself) always promoted as an 'add on' to VB??
Isn't PB sufficient as a stand-alone programming language? (I'm sure it is...).
Or is it just to reach a bigger audience to sell PB to...?

Kind regards
Eddy Van Esch


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[Eric Pearson]

Chalk it up to evolution.

PB/DLL version 1.00 was intended to produce DLLs (hence the name) primarily as a VB add-on. But it also had this little-publicized $COMPILE EXE option...

PB/DLL has grown to become far more than a VB add-on, and the marketing hasn't yet caught up. I suspect that will change soon, as you're not the first person to mention it. Several people have suggested that the name "PB/DLL" is no longer appropriate, and that PowerBASIC For Windows (or some other name) might be better.

-- Eric


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[Michael Mattias]

I was wondering: Why is PB (by Powerbasic INC itself) always promoted as an 'add on' to VB??

Same answer Willie Sutton gave when asked, "Willie, why do you rob banks?"

MCM
("Because that's where they keep the money.")